Having protected Sinvira this time, I will be rewarded in unseen ways by the World Will. It will instinctively feel closer to me.
Roland sank into thought.
All things in heaven and earth possessed a spirit. The mana of countless living beings intertwined and blended with that of the world itself, forming a natural resonance—the so-called World Will.
It was an existence similar to a living being's mind and soul, yet fundamentally different.
It was also closely connected to the laws of the plane.
The awakening and growth of a legendary destiny were often intimately tied to it as well.
Even the Abyss devouring material planes and demonizing entire worlds involved clashes between worlds' wills.
Thus, Roland could now clearly sense that Sinvira's World Will seemed to have opened its heart to him. Heaven, earth, and nature itself had all become more welcoming.
Here, he inexplicably felt as comfortable as a fish in water. It was as though nature responded to his every breath, while some unseen power sheltered him, much as one felt in one's homeland.
If he attained legendary status in the future, or even embarked on the path to godhood, sending an avatar down into a world like this would be effortless.
This was acceptance on the level of a "homeland," allowing it to serve as an anchor point.
As far as Roland could sense, the Lainer World should originally have ranked first in its World Will's affinity for him, with Sinvira coming last. Now, however, the order had become Sinvira > Lainer > Atrelin.
Compared with that, another gain seemed even greater.
His mind and will had drawn closer to that resonance spanning universes, and he could sense it more clearly.
The discovery left Roland somewhat surprised.
He summoned his soul armament, the Book of Wisdom,